The 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban will undergo reconstructive surgery in the next month, her doctors say.

Malala Yousafzai was shot in Pakistan in October and later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham (QEHB) for further specialist treatment, where she remains.

Dave Rosser, medical director of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, said Malala would undergo cranial reconstruction surgery in late January or early February as part of her long-term recovery.

Meanwhile, Malala is now likely to secure permanent residence in Britain after her father was granted a job with the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham.

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Ziauddin Yousafzai has been appointed education attache for three years, with the option of an extension for a further two years afterwards.

Both he and his daughter have had threats made against their lives by the Taliban, since the shooting.

Malala’s British doctors have been delighted with her ongoing recovery.

When she was shot on October 9 last year, the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, ‘‘grazing’’ her brain - it was later removed by surgeons in Pakistan before she was flown to Britain.

Dr Rosser said: ‘‘Malala has continued to make great progress in her treatment.

‘‘A number of QEHB’s multi-specialist doctors have been working alongside colleagues from Birmingham Children’s Hospital to treat her.’’

The Pakistani High Commission’s decision to appoint her father to its staff makes it more likely than ever Malala and her family will remain in Britain.

A statement released by the Pakistani government said it was ‘‘pleased to appoint’’ Mr Yousafzai to head of education at the consulate.

The appointment is a direct result of Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari visiting Malala and her father in hospital on December 8.

During that meeting Mr Zardari had assured Mr Yousafzai the Pakistani government would ‘‘meet all expenses of Malala’s treatment and all the needs of the family while in UK’’.